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Super Rugby Pacific

‘Push for a Wallabies jersey’: Why rising star left Waratahs for Force

By AAP

22 Jun 2023

(Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

Backrower Will Harris is the latest player to sign up for the Western Force’s recruitment drive for the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season.

The 23-year-old joins fellow NSW Waratahs ace Ben Donaldson and Brumbies Test halfback Nic White in joining the Perth-based club.

Harris, who has earned 41 caps at the Waratahs since his 2020 debut, has signed a two-year deal, saying he felt the Force were on the rise.

After playing for Australia A last year Harris is looking to make the step up to the senior national team.

“The Force is a team on the up, and I want to stay in Australia to push for a Wallabies jersey,” Harris said in a statement on Thursday.

“I look forward to a fresh start and improving my game.”

With ex-NSW assistant Simon Cron at the helm of the Force, Harris was looking forward to being reunited with his former Waratahs and school teammate Jeremy Williams in Perth.

“Jeremy and I went to school together and have stayed in the same friendship circle and been best mates for the last 10 years.

“We played club rugby together, school, the list goes on and he has had only good things to say about the Force, so that made me sure of my move over.”

Cron was equally pleased to welcome Harris, who can play No.8 or blindside flanker, as he continues to build for the future.

“I was lucky enough to coach Will a few years ago and he is a player who is always wanting to learn and get better,” Cron said.

“He adds another genuine lineout option to our forward pack because he is incredibly fast off the ground.”

Melbourne have re-signed homegrown Wallabies hooker Jordan Uelese on a two-year deal.

Uelese is the second Victorian with international experience to re-sign with the Rebels in as many weeks, joining Test prop Pone Fa’amausili.

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OJohn 24 minutes ago

Does the next Wallabies coach have to be an Australian?

Kiwi Joe refuses to put our best team on the field. Nick Bishop is telling you that not just me.

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Jon 31 minutes ago

Does the next Wallabies coach have to be an Australian?

Another good article Nick, and yes the similarities between RA and the WRU are so obvious you would think they have been swapping class notes.

It is clear that the problems in both Australia and Wales are structural and go way beyond who is the Head Coach and his place of birth.

What ever imminent decision is made in Wales about the Head Coach, Gatland has still got enough credit in the bank to be seen as an adopted Welshman.

And a far as leaving the team in a better place than he found it. .....Eddie set the bar so low that Joe cannot fail and whatever happens with the Lions Tour any sane Wallabies fan can see that he is taking the team forward.

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dw 31 minutes ago

Does the next Wallabies coach have to be an Australian?

I aspire to coach Australia, but I'm not qualified and I'd be terrible. Dan and Les I assume are aspiring to coach Australia AND probably will one day. But they aren't ready yet. And Joe is the best fit for now. What's so hard to accept about that? Breathe in son. Kiwi Joe does not mean you harm.

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dw 33 minutes ago

Does the next Wallabies coach have to be an Australian?

Nah mate. Tell us about the real trauma they did to you. It's not possible for someone to be this angry obsessed with a sports team without a nasty incident. Did they not pick you when you tried out for them? Does Ewens time at randwick and the tahs complicate your theory?

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dw 35 minutes ago

Does the next Wallabies coach have to be an Australian?

Deans won a rugby championship and made a rwc semi-final.

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OJohn 1 hour ago

Does the next Wallabies coach have to be an Australian?

They have been screwing over Australian rugby since Deans in 2008. Any fair minded Australian rugby fan would be pissed off too.

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OJohn 1 hour ago

Does the next Wallabies coach have to be an Australian?

Deans didn't resign. He was sacked by the ARU because after 6 long years as Wallabies coach, playing Tah favorites, and Australians having almost completely lost interest in rugby due to Deans' Tah favoritism and bumbling, the Wallabies were a complete and utter shambles of a team. We fell back from being ranked 2 to about 5 I think.

He started well on the back of John Connollys nauseatingly boring coaching but it was downhill soon after. Deans came close to destroying Australian rugby. Kiwis wanted him to keep coaching the Wallabies forever and were outraged at his sacking. Just absurd.

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IN 1 hour ago

‘The problem with this year’s Champions Cup? Too many English clubs’

also never let rugby pass tv do u20 broadcast not on youtube again , with the chat it was boring as hell! i wouldnt pay for that shite!, idiots didnt even start youtube broadcast on time, please make it back on youtube not this ameteur hour cock up!

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IN 1 hour ago

‘The problem with this year’s Champions Cup? Too many English clubs’

what you say is true , 16 teams expanded to 4 qualifiers from earlier challenge cup rounds, but either way you are asking teams to lose money by not playing! for some clubs this is much needed income! so how do you reward them for loss income?

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Jon 1 hour ago

Does the next Wallabies coach have to be an Australian?

OJohn....How about you keep your crass comment about the rugby or the politics. Commenting on anyones family or personal circumstances is way out of order and you should be removed from this site for doing so.

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JW 1 hour ago

‘The problem with this year’s Champions Cup? Too many English clubs’

possible for a team to literally finish last in the URC

Huh? You mean last in their (4 team) pools/regions? My idea was 6/5/4, 6 the max, for guarenteed spots, with a 20 team comp max, so upto 5 WCs (which you'd make/or would be theoretically impossible to go to one league (they'd likely be solely for its participants, say 'Wales', rather than URC specifically. Preferrably). I gave 3 WC ideas for a 18 team comp, so the max URC could have (with a member union or club/team, winning all of the 6N, and Champions and Challenge Cup).

And the reason say another URC (for example) member would get the spot over the other team that won the Challenge Cup, would be because they were arguable better if they finished higher in the League. It won't diminish desire to win the Challenge Cup, because that team may still be competing for that seed, and if theyre automatic qual anyway, it still might make them treat it more seriously (major problem with the comp/concept atm as teams use it as a trial match for the squad, especially if they think theyre going to qualify normally that year).

what does base mean in this context? how would it be quantified?

A theoretical evaluation of the leagues. By all sorts of means, performance, representation, financials etc. All to be discussed and decide of course (my numbers could turn out completely wrong), so enjoying your critique of such ideas.

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OJohn 1 hour ago

Does the next Wallabies coach have to be an Australian?

That's right, keep those Australian coaches down. How dare they aspire to coach Australia. It must be a kiwi !

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dw 1 hour ago

Does the next Wallabies coach have to be an Australian?

What exactly did the tahs do to you in your childhood? I've never seen someone's thoughts so dominated by a sports team they dislike. Wait, are you secretly working for the tahs by making them sound more appealing?

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dw 1 hour ago

Does the next Wallabies coach have to be an Australian?

O John, you are absolutely right. I think you should email Phil Waugh and tell him to hire the non existent 2024 version of Rod Macqueen so the wallabies can go straight to number 1. You are the true voice of rugby in Australia with your satire.